Simmat G, Gil R, Boissonnot L, Lefevre J P
Rev Electroencephalogr Neurophysiol Clin. 1985 Jul;15(1):107-10. doi: 10.1016/s0370-4475(85)80041-1.
The blink reflex obtained from 66 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) shows 73% pathologic responses with MS considered as definite, 50% with MS considered as probable and only 18% with possible MS. These findings are of great diagnostical help, particularly in the absence of clinical evidence of involvement of the brain-stem. Among 8 electrological syndromes of alteration of the blink reflex, those due to large lesions of the brain-stem are often associated with definite MS, but small alterations of the blink reflex are more valuable for multifocal characterisation of the illness.
